Anno 1800is a beautiful game, albeit with a few flaws as noted in ourtechnical reviewandofficial review. Still, if you can look past these shortcomings, you’re bound to enjoy countless hours. Like a handful of strategy and management sim games,Anno 1800is one of those where you could eas...
Even when had to pause a new project to upgrade a bunch of houses or relocate a low-level farm, however, I never felt bogged down in micromanagement. That said, I do want to highlight one curious idiosyncrasy. Given the game’s core theme of a shift from an agrarian to an urbanised...
Roads can now be upgraded via the upgrade tool It's now possible to unload/sell all goods from a ship by using Ctrl + Shift + Leftclick, and to drop all cargo by using Shift + Rightclick The Hacienda Brewery buildings can now be boosted by electricity Items that provide electricity now...
1800 is a weird hybrid though, in that the menus are more cluttered than they were in 2205 but still don’t tell the player enough. Try figuring out why you can’t upgrade your old farmer hovels into gleaming worker apartments, for instance. To do so you’ll need to click on one of...
Everyone should play at least one game of Anno 1800 this way; the satisfying gameplay loop of building houses, meeting population needs, and upgrading to the next tier is almost meditative. You can also choose specific victory conditions to suit your chosen playstyle, too. As a result, Anno...